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Guard Adam Brown goes for two-points against crosstown rival Rice. Brown finished the season as the second leading scorer for the Cougars
averaging 12.6 points per game. Newton Liu
MEN'S BASKETBALL
By John Brannen
After a miraculous run to make the NCAA Tournament the previous season, expectations were high for UH going into the 2010-
2011 season. In his first year for the Cougars, head coach James
Dickey was tasked with turning around the program, and guiding
UH to multiple appearances in the big dance.
Those ambitions will have to be put on hold until at least next
season. Despite the team showing flashes of success throughout
the season, UH finished the year 12-18, and 4-12 in Conference
USA for 11th place.
Seventeen games into the season the Cougars were 11-6 overall and had just won their third straight game against a Conference
USA opponent. That was when things began to head south.
UH lost its next game to UTEP 57-52, as the Miners capitalized on the Cougars' missed free throws and lack of an inside
presence. It was the beginning of a downward slide, and the first
loss of a five-game losing streak. Rice, East Carolina, Marsha and
Tulsa were all able to outlast UH down the stretch.
The Cougars never suffered an embarrassing defeat, but
squandered opportunities in the closing minutes as the result
hung in the balance. UH finally recovered with a 79-68 victory
against the Tulane Green Wave, but the novelty of the win was only
temporary.
With six regular-season games remaining, the Cougars reverted
to their bad habits and dropped them all. UH entered the C-USA
tournament in El Paso as a No. 11 seed and drew No. 6 seed
Marshall. The Thundering Herd trailed by three at halftime, but exploded for 64 points in the second half, winning 97-87, and ending the Cougars' year.
Bright spots included a 76-71 win over the then-ranked No. 18
Central Florida, the Knights were undefeated at the time. UH went
8-5 against non-conference opponents, with highlight wins coming
over Louisiana-Lafayette, Nevada and Sam Houston.
[118] Inside the Pride